"I
won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I
don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." --as J.B. Books in THE SHOOTIST (1976) (a .WAV file).

Co-starring with Jimmy Stewart
in John
Ford's THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962), in
which Wayne, as gunman Tom Doniphon, debates with lawyer Ransom Stoddard (Stewart)
about how best to deal with
bandit Liberty Valance.

Though not completed in time to
be included in the film, Gene Pitney's ballad about THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY
VALANCE became a hit single, reaching #4 on the Billboard chart in 1962.

In 1965, Wayne joined more than two-dozen Hollywood stars
playing bit parts in George
Stevens' biblical epic THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965), a star-studded
portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ. Wayne's role as the Roman
centurion at Christ's crucifixion was the smallest starring role of his career
and consisted of delivering a single line: "Truly, this man was the Son of
God."

In 1969, Wayne received a career-crowning Best Actor
Academy Award for his performance as hard-drinking, tough-talking federal
marshal Rooster Cogburn who is assigned to help bring law and order to the
Indian Territory in TRUE GRIT (1969). Six years later he reprised this
popular performance in a thoroughly entertaining sequel co-starring
Katharine Hepburn,
ROOSTER COGBURN (1975).

Trivia:

One of the most frequently asked
trivia questions about John Wayne is, "In how many films did his character die?"
The answer is a little more complicated than it may appear, because no one
really knows how many films The Duke made. Estimates vary anywhere between
200 and 300, and many of his earliest films have been lost, so it is impossible
to know an exact answer to the question. Nevertheless, the answer is at
least eight:

REAP THE WILD WIND (1942)

THE FIGHTING SEABEES (1944)

WAKE OF THE RED WITCH (1948)

THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)

THE SEA CHASE (1955)

Wayne's death is not shown explicitly in this film, but is implied
when his ship blows up.

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (1962)

There are those who would dispute the inclusion of
this film because Wayne's character doesn't actually die in the course of
the film -- he is already dead before the film begins. The movie begins with
Wayne's funeral and is told in an extended flashback.